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	<title>NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre</title>
	<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au</link>
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		<title>Things to consider before making a complaint</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a disability discrimination issue you&#8217;ll first need to work out how you want to deal with it. Taking legal action is just one of several options.
Initial self-help options
An initial option is to send a written complaint to the discriminating party. As part of the complaint request a reply, informing them that if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/things-to-consider-before-making-a-complaint/</link>
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		<title>Fact sheets and useful links</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fact sheets
The NSW DDLC has written a number of downloadable fact sheets for your use:

Do I have to disclose my disability to my employer?
What are the ‘inherent requirements’ of a job?
Summaries: Anti Discrimination Act and Disability Descrimination Act
Which board do I take my complaint to?
Am I entitled to adjustments in the workplace by reason of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/fact-sheets-and-useful-links/</link>
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		<title>Disability and discrimination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a disability defined as?
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Anti-Discrimination Act (ADA) use different definitions of disability.
Anti-Discrimination Act (ADA) (NSW 1977) defines a disability as: 

Total or partial loss of a person&#8217;s bodily or mental functions or of a part of a person&#8217;s body; or
The presence in a persons body of organisms causing or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/disability-and-discrimination/</link>
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		<title>Policy and law reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We engage as much as possible in policy work and law reform and strive to utilise our collective experience in providing legal advice, casework and community legal education to put forward positions which help achieve substantive equality for people with disability.  
Current projects
The NSW DDLC is currently working on the following policy and law reform [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/policy-and-law-reform/</link>
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		<title>Convention on the Rights of People with Disability</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. 
There were 82 signatories to the Convention, 44 signatories to the Optional Protocol, and 1 ratification of the Convention. 
This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/convention-on-the-rights-of-people-with-disability/</link>
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		<title>Bridging the access gap for people with disability</title>
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		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/bridging-the-access-gap/</link>
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		<title>FAQs factsheets now online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DDLC’s website now features five frequently asked questions factsheets, both in PDF and word versions.
The factsheet titles are:

Do I have to disclose my disability to my employer?
Am I entitled to adjustments in the workplace by reason of my disability?
What are the ‘inherent requirements’ of a job?
Do I bring my complaint to the Anti-Discrimination Board under [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/faqs-factsheets-now-online/</link>
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		<title>Recent casework</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discrimination in the Provision of Goods and Services&#8212;Auslan Interpreter
Our client, who has a hearing impairment, wished to undertake a course at a local registered training organisation, which offered fully funded courses by a government department. In order for our client to attend the course though he needed an Auslan interpreter and this would cost an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/recent-casework/</link>
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		<title>2009 staff planning day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On 21 January 2009, DDLC staff took time out to get together and plan on how to improve service delivery for our clients.
At the end of the day, we came up with a list of ‘mini-projects’ that we are all responsible for which contributes to an overall improved service delivery.
Thanks goes to Mallesons Stephen Jaques [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/2009-staff-planning-day/</link>
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		<title>Companion Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Companion Card was recently introduced in NSW with the aim to reduce discrimination against people with significant and lifelong disabilities who require a companion to travel with them on public transport or participate in recreational activities.
The card grants free admission or fare for the person’s companion in participating businesses.  For more information or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ddlcnsw.org.au/2009/companion-card/</link>
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